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With so many amazing things are happening at Â鶹Çø, it may be helpful to have a little guidance about just how much is happening this year for the 35 Â鶹Çø groups raising funds this year.

How can you support these initiatives? Read on! We’ve collected some examples of how your gifts this Thursday can make a huge impact in the lives of Â鶹Çø students, faculty, and community members. Thanks for your support!

You can see all of Â鶹Çø’s Give to the Max Day projects, and make your gifts now.

1. Your gift to the Â鶹Çø Fund helps ensure that Â鶹Çø continues to provide financial aid and scholarships for more than 95% of our student body, keeping access to education for all a priority on campus.

2. Your gift to the Â鶹Çø Health Commons means members of our Cedar-Riverside community who are struggling to provide for their families don’t have to worry about the cold winter ahead.

3. Your gift to Â鶹Çø Campus Kitchens helps expand and improve our campus gardens, where students and community members work together to grow healthy food and integrate green practices into our cities. .

4. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s Biology Department supports cutting-edge research on issues affecting Minnesota’s agricultural sector, including the health of soybeans.

5. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s Chemistry Department gives students like Zach Swingen ‘16 the chance to work closely with Minnesota schools to build new curriculum that gets kids excited about science. .

6. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s Baseball and Softball teams gives our student-athletes a chance to train in Tucson, Arizona. It also gives Auggie Eagle a little break from the cold weather… !

7. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s SMART group will help raise awareness and advocate for issues related to sexual violence and recovery in the Â鶹Çø community.

8. Your gift to the Â鶹Çø Theater Department’s Production Fellowship helps fund students of color who are exploring a career in artistic production, making the industry more representative and giving future generations of creative people new role models.

9. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s Peace Scholars Fund helps support the motivated, global-minded group of students who are Â鶹Çø Peace Scholars. .

10. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s StepUP® Program creates opportunities for students in recovery to spread their message of hope and acceptance throughout the Twin Cities in speaking engagements, activities, and community events.

11. Your gift to the Sabo Center’s Sabo Scholars continues that work that Â鶹Çø alumnus Martin Olav Sabo ‘59 believed in and spent his life achieving—equipping young leaders to move beyond the classroom to listen, value, and support democracy in every facet of community life.

12. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s Women’s Volleyball program provides our 2016 MIAC Champions with the chance to take their game abroad, as they challenge themselves against tougher opposition and experience new cultures, all while proudly representing Â鶹Çø..

13. Your gift to Â鶹Çø’s Minnesota Urban Debate League program gives young people across the metro area the chance to build their communication skills and confidence, giving them the tools to be successful leaders in their community.

14. Your gift to Lindell Library support an expanded collection of local, Minnesota authors and a speaker series that honors the many contributions our residents have made to the stories of art, architecture, history, literature, politics, and native and immigrant groups.

15. Your gift to any of four Â鶹Çø projects count double. Donations to AWE for Emergence, the Peace Scholars Program, STEM, Biology, and Chemistry will be matched for every dollar, thanks to generous donors willing to help us all do more, together,

16. Your gifts help Â鶹Çø win the Colleges and Universities category that earns the College a $10,000 prize—and each hour on Give to the Max Day, one Golden Ticket of $1,000 will be awarded through a random drawing of all donations transacted during the previous hour. Additionally, two Super-Sized Golden Tickets of $10,000 each will be awarded randomly.

With 36 Â鶹Çø programs participating in Give to the Max, it’s easy to choose the Auggie causes that speak to your heart. Just don’t expect to be satisfied with just one!